About Swiftlets

A revolutionary approach to server-side Swift development

Discover how executable-per-route architecture and SwiftUI-inspired syntax are changing the way we build web applications

💭Our Philosophy

Swiftlets was born from a simple idea: what if each web route was its own program? This revolutionary approach transforms how we think about web development.

  • Perfect isolation - one route can't crash another
  • True hot reload - change code without restarting the server
  • Language flexibility - mix Swift, Python, or any language
  • Granular deployment - update individual routes
  • Natural code organization - filesystem mirrors URL structure

Combined with a SwiftUI-inspired syntax for HTML generation, Swiftlets makes server-side Swift development feel as natural as building iOS apps.

🏗️Revolutionary Architecture

See how Swiftlets differs from traditional web frameworks:

❌ Traditional Frameworks

All routes compiled into one monolithic application

app.get("/") { ... }
app.get("/about") { ... }
app.get("/contact") { ... }
// All in one process

✅ Swiftlets Approach

Each route is an independent executable

src/index.swift → bin/index
src/about.swift → bin/about
src/contact.swift → bin/contact
// Separate processes

✨Inspiration & Influences

Swiftlets draws inspiration from the best ideas in software development:

🔥

Paul Hudson's Ignite

The beautiful HTML DSL with result builders that makes web development feel like SwiftUI

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CGI Architecture

The simplicity of executable-per-request, modernized for today's development needs

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SwiftUI

Declarative syntax that Swift developers already know and love

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Microservices

Independent deployment, scaling, and fault isolation principles

🌟Open Source & Community

Swiftlets is completely open source and thrives on community contributions. Whether you're fixing bugs, adding features, improving documentation, or sharing ideas, we'd love your help!

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Join our growing community of Swift developers building the future of server-side web development.

🚀What's Next?

We're actively developing Swiftlets with these exciting priorities:

  1. Auto-compilation on request for seamless developer experience
  2. WebSocket support for real-time interactive features
  3. Database integration with type-safe Swift queries
  4. Production deployment tools and Docker support
  5. Performance optimizations and intelligent caching

The future of server-side Swift development is being built one executable at a time. Want to be part of it?